Shocking story in the Guardian: California was sterilizing its female prisoners as late as 2010 — without, it appears, required authorizations from state officials. (Even the idea that there’s a procedure is troubling given the history of bad eugenics-based thinking in the US.)
Recent Bluessky Posts- If it helps they said the same stuff 20 years ago in similar circumstances. You should ask if senders will get a bounce message. If not that's something to pursue because something is rotten somewhere. Or you have an Exchange server, which is almost the same thing.... September 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Chaos unfolds at the Miami immigration court after judges are assigned mega master calendars, hearings where judges see more than 100 immigrants at once. n.pr/4xnTBS9 September 2, 2026 NPR
- Jotwell Courtslaw: Sergio J. Campos, Learning from Others: Summary Judgment in Canada, JOTWELL (Sept. 2, 2026), courtslaw.jotwell.com/summary-judg.... September 2, 2026 Jotwell
- I knew standards had slipped badly in the Justice Department, and can understand how someone might say that AG Todd Blanche was prostituting the office to Trump, but an AUSA engaging in *actual prostitution*??? September 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Yale goes into aggressive suppression mode, bans reporters from campus in hope of stopping coverage of student protest against bending the knee to Trump. Have they not heard of the Streisand Effect? September 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I think if modern “Progressives” had ANY idea what was done by their predecessors in the name of Progressivism, they would be shocked beyond all belief. They’d be even more shocked to know a lot of it still goes on…
This history has, conveniently, been covered up by liberals who don’t want to admit any taint of their own history, and who also happen to make up the overwhelming majority of teachers. What a co-inky-dink. (I doubt even your law school teaches anything about Progressivism’s eugenics and abortion programs when you teach Lochner, Bell, etc., do you?)
The only thing surprising to ME in all this is that CNN actually aired a story on it.